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811 ninth street suite 120-137 durham, nc 27705 Publicity and Rights: [email protected] Trade Orders: Consortium Book Sales and Distributions Ingram Content Group Phone: 800-283-3572 Individual Orders: [email protected] 919-682-0555 1 The Future of Black Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry edited by len lawson, gary jackson, and cynthia manick An anthology of poems and art exploring Afrofuturism, science fiction, and specula- tive fiction by Black writers and writers of color. The expansion of Marvel and DC Com- ics’ characters such as Black Panther, Luke Cage, and Black Lightning in film and on television has created a proliferation of poetry in this genre—receiving wide literary and popular attention. This groundbreaking collection highlights work from poets who have written verse POETRY 9781949467673 • Pub Date: 11/2/21 within this growing tradition, including US $20.95 Trade paper • 210 Pages Terrance Hayes, A. Van Jordan, Glenis Red- 6” x 9” • E-book available mond, Tracy K. Smith, Teri Ellen Cross Da- vis, Joshua Bennett, Douglas Kearney, Tara MARKETING PLANS Betts, Frank X Walker, and others. In addi- •Events in editors’ hometowns in Brooklyn, NY, tion, the anthology will also feature the work and South Carolina •Appearances (virtual or physical) at comic of artists such as John Jennings and Najee conferences, featuring artists and poets Dorsey, showcasing their interpretations of •Goodreads Giveaways superheroes, Black comic characters, Afro- futuristic images from the African diaspora. gary jackson is the author of the poetry collection Missing You, Metropolis (Graywolf, 2010), which received the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals including Callaloo, Tin House, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Crab Orchard Review. len lawson is the author of Chime (Get Fresh Books, 2019), the chapbook Before the Night Wakes You (Finishing Line Press, 2017), and coeditor of Hand in Hand: Poets Respond to Race (Muddy Ford Press, 2017). His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His website is www.lenlawson.co. cynthia manick is the author of Blue Hallelujahs (Black Lawrence Press, 2016), which won the 2016 Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry, and editor of Soul Sister Revue: A Po- etry Compilation ( Jamii Publishing, 2019). She has received fellowships from Cave Ca- nem, Hedgebrook, and MacDowell Colony. Her website is www.cynthiamanick.com. 3 What Makes You Think You’re Awake? Stories maegan poland Winner of the Bakwin Award. Final contest judge and award-winning author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body and Other Parties) described the work as “a wonderful debut; a collection of frank, funny, and heartbreaking stories that delve into the mire of human loneliness.” Poland’s stories usher in a world where mortal fear, the threat of violation, and the body’s looming betrayal drive us to look beyond surface appearances. In these sto- FICTION 9781949467505 • Pub Date: 6/1/21 ries, readers will find: a mosquito-borne US $17.95 Trade paper • 264 Pages illness invading a small southern town, 5” x 7” • E-book available forcing its inhabitants to negotiate their lust against the threats of virus-induced MARKETING PLANS paralysis; a pair of newlyweds on their •Tour or virtual events on East Coast honeymoon at a luxury resort whose au- •SIBA, NAIBA, and regional bookseller conferences •Book festivals tomated services quickly turn menacing; •Reprints of stories in online journals a woman whose backyard shed freezes •Galleys available time, forcing her to decide between her •Social media and other online promotion related to need for love and her need for escape. winning of Bakwin Award Poland’s stories move among richly imag- ined landscapes, bringing to life the deep loneliness at the heart of the modern con- dition and the ephemerality of the bridges we build against the dark. maegan poland teaches creative writing and composition at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She received her PhD in English from the University of Nevada, Las Ve- gas, where her work was supported by a Black Mountain Institute fellowship. She also holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Mississippi, as well as a BFA in writing for screen and television from the University of Southern California, where she was a Trustee Scholar. Her fiction has been published in Mississippi Review, Pleiades, Beloit Fiction Journal, Juked, Notre Dame Review, and elsewhere. She has received a special mention in the Pushcart Prize anthology, a Tin House scholarship, and a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. She is currently working on a novel. 4 The Gods of Green County A Novel The mary elizabeth pope In 1926 rural Green County, Arkansas, GODS OF cotton and poverty reign. Coralee Harper hopes for a family and a place in her community, but when her brother Buddy is GREEN killed by the sheriff, she can’t recover from the injustice of his loss. When she begins COUNTY to spot her dead brother around town, she wonders—is she clairvoyant, mistaken, or is she losing her mind? a novel What Coralee can’t fathom are the forces that threaten her and the very fabric of the town: Leroy Harrison, an ambitious law- MARY ELIZABETH POPE yer who makes a horrible mistake, landing him a judgeship and a guilty conscience; a FICTION preacher and his snake-handling parish- 9781949467710 • Pub Date: 10/5/21 ioners; the women of the town who are a US $25.95 Hardback • 300 Pages jury for Coralee’s behavior; Sheriff Slocum 5.5” x 8.5” • E-book available who rules the county; and finally, Coralee’s husband, who must balance his work at the MARKETING PLANS cotton gin with his fight for family and •Virtual and (if possible) in-person tour in eight cities (surrounding setting of novel and Coralee’s life. author’s hometown, Boston) •Events connecting University of Iowa alumni When Coralee ends up in a sanity hearing and Pope’s writing students before Judge Leroy Harrison, the judge •Regional trade show appearances must decide both Coralee’s fate and his own. •Goodreads Giveaways The events following his decision draw him •Companion articles on craft in online literary websites more deeply into the sheriff ’s far-reaching sphere of influence, and show him how power can destroy women and corrupt men, even—and especially—himself. mary elizabeth pope grew up in Michigan with roots deep in the Missouri Bootheel and Northeast Arkansas. She is a professor of English at Emmanuel College in Boston. She is the author of Divining Venus: Stories, and her work has been featured in the literary magazines Arkansas Review, Florida Review, Bellingham Review, Ascent, Passages North, and Fugue, among others. She holds a Ph.D. in English and creative writing from the University of Iowa. She lives outside Boston with her husband. 5 To Drink from the Well The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation’s Oldest Public University geeta n. kapur; foreword by rev. dr. william j. barber ii Law professor and civil rights activist Geeta N. Kapur provides analysis and commentary on the story of systemic racism in leadership, scholarship, and organizational foundations at the University of North Carolina. The University of North Carolina is the oldest public university in the US, with the cor- nerstone for the first dormitory, Old East, laid in 1793. At that ceremony, the enslaved people who would literally build that struc- ture were not acknowledged; they were not even present. In fact, 158 years passed before HISTORY 9781949467529 • Pub Date: 8/31/21 Black students were admitted to this uni- US $19.95 Trade paper • 385 Pages versity in Chapel Hill, and it was another 6” x 9” • E-book available 66 years after that before students forcibly removed the long-criticized Confederate MARKETING PLANS “Silent Sam” monument. Indeed, this uni- • Articles and promotion in higher education versity, revered in the state and the nation, periodicals • Local and regional medias has been entwined with white supremacy • Soliciting blurbs from prominent former and institutional racism throughout its his- UNC athletes tory—and the struggle continues today. • Pitching for community reads in college towns, especially in NC geeta n. kapur is a seasoned civil rights and criminal defense lawyer who has devoted her career to defending poor and oppressed racial minorities. Kapur was the lead pro bono lawyer for the North Carolina’s NAACP Moral Monday protests, led by Rev- erend William Barber, and received the prestigious North Carolina NAACP’s Hu- manitarian of the Year Award for her service. She has argued landmark constitutional cases before the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. She has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Association as one of the top 100 criminal defense lawyers in North Carolina. She trained lawyers to respond to the mass protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the police murder of Keith Scott. Kapur has taught an innovative pilot course on race and law at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Campbell Law School in Raleigh. She is a native of Kenya and currently lives in Durham, North Carolina. 6 Fight Songs A Story of Love and Sports in a FIGHT Complicated South ed southern SONGS Ed Southern, lifelong fan of the Wake A STORY OF Forest University Demon Deacons, the LOVE AND SPORTS smallest school in the NCAA’s Power 5, IN A set out to tell the story of how he got COMPLICATED tangled, in vines of history and hap- penstance, with the two giants of his SOUTH favorite sport: the Crimson Tide and the Clemson Tigers. He set out to tell how a North Carolina native crossed the shifty, unmarked border between Tobacco Road and the Deep South.

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